Dave Chappelle

Born on Aug. 23, 1972 in Washington, D.C., Chappelle was raised in Silver Spring, MD by his father, William, later a professor at Antioch College, and his mother, Yvonne, a Unitarian minister and college professor at Howard University, who also spent time teaching in the Congo. His parents split when he was two years old. Later, he attended Woodlin Elementary School, where he performed poorly despite his academic home life, and later Arthur E. Morgan Middle School. Back in D.C., Chappelle went to high school at the Duke Ellington School of the Arts after spending half a school year at a public school, where the crack epidemic first exploded and began taking a huge toll on the city. His mothe... Continue Bio >>